Arrowhead Lake vs Dorchester

A side-by-side comparison of Arrowhead Lake and Dorchester: population, income, housing, and more.

Arrowhead Lake and Dorchester are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Arrowhead Lake has the higher population (107 vs 78 in Dorchester). Dorchester has the higher median household income ($100,875 vs $71,750 in Arrowhead Lake). Since 2019, Arrowhead Lake's population has grown faster (+10.3% vs -64.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Arrowhead Lake	Dorchester
Population	107	78
Median age	48.2 yrs	63.7 yrs
Median household income	$71,750	$100,875
Median home value	$195,300	—
Housing units	68	58
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arrowhead Lake	Dorchester
Population	97 → 107 (+10.3%)	222 → 78 (-64.9%)
Median household income	$56,250 → $71,750 (+27.6%)	$20,150 → $100,875 (+400.6%)
Median home value	$141,300 → $195,300 (+38.2%)	$138,800 → $138,000 (-0.6%)

Arrowhead Lake

Population

97107

Median household income

$56,250$71,750

Median home value

$141,300$195,300

Dorchester

Population

22278

Median household income

$20,150$100,875

Median home value

$138,800$138,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arrowhead Lake	Dorchester
Under 5	5.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	11.5%
18 to 24	6.5%	7.7%
25 to 34	29.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	7.5%	0.0%
45 to 54	2.8%	0.0%
55 to 64	15.0%	51.3%
65 to 74	22.4%	17.9%
75 and over	10.3%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arrowhead Lake	Dorchester
White (non-Hispanic)	70.1%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	27.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arrowhead Lake	Dorchester
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	50.0%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	47.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arrowhead Lake	Dorchester
Drove alone	94.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arrowhead Lake	Dorchester
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Arrowhead Lake	Dorchester
Poverty rate	19.6%	35.9%
Average household size	1.81	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	20	—
Median year structure built	1974	1941